Saturday May 2, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 2, 1981:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
St. Louis        503   78   138   33   12    8    71   10    7   61    81  .274
Philadelphia     672   91   183   36    4   11    82   17    9   63    77  .272
Montreal         612   91   166   27    4   19    81   34    5   68    83  .271
Cincinnati       664   87   171   38    2   14    81   12   12   74   119  .258
New York         571   50   147   25    6   10    48    9    6   53    92  .257
Los Angeles      705   76   177   28    5   15    74   17   10   62   111  .251
Pittsburgh       563   65   135   17    7    8    62   20    3   37    81  .240
San Francisco    768   72   176   30    2   10    71   27   11   80   112  .229
Atlanta          685   72   155   26    3   11    67   21    8   68   116  .226
Houston          692   53   155   31    2   15    50   13   12   64   104  .224
San Diego        736   53   162   22    3    7    48   16   16   65   125  .220
Chicago          578   42   124   17    8    4    40    9   10   44    93  .215

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Collins (CIN)       20   77   19   30   4   1   2    7   7   5   10    9  .390
Tim Raines (MON)         18   71   14   27   3   1   1    6  20   1   13    5  .380
Steve Henderson (CHN)    18   65    6   24   2   2   0   10   1   3    8   15  .369
Doug Flynn (NYN)         17   57    7   21   7   2   0    7   0   0    3    4  .368
Pete Rose (PHI)          20   83   13   30   7   1   0    3   1   2    7    6  .361
Dusty Baker (LAN)        20   81   10   28   2   3   1    5   3   2    6    8  .346
Keith Hernandez (SLN)    15   58   12   20   8   0   2   10   1   0    8    6  .345
Andre Dawson (MON)       17   64   14   22   2   0   5    9   6   1    5    6  .344
Gary Carter (MON)        15   60   14   20   2   1   4   13   1   2    8    7  .333
Gary Matthews (PHI)      17   57   10   19   4   1   1    9   2   0   10    7  .333

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Terry Harper          12   17    1    5   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    3  .294
Biff Pocoroba         11   21    1    6   0   0   0    4   0   0    0    4  .286
Glenn Hubbard         18   61    6   17   5   1   0    3   1   0    7   13  .279
Chris Chambliss       21   71    6   19   7   0   0    6   0   0   14    5  .268
Bruce Benedict        19   54    7   14   0   0   2   10   0   1    9    6  .259
Claudell Washington   19   66    8   17   7   1   0    5   3   1    4   13  .258
Bob Horner            21   80   10   20   1   0   4   10   0   2    8   12  .250
Eddie Miller          15   53   10   12   0   0   0    3   9   0    5   10  .226
Rafael Ramirez        20   64    9   13   3   0   0    1   2   1    7   12  .203
Dale Murphy           21   79    7   16   2   0   4   14   4   1    5   16  .203
Jerry Royster         14   21    3    3   0   1   0    2   0   1    2    5  .143
Rufino Linares        12   36    2    4   0   0   1    2   1   1    1    5  .111
Mike Lum              10   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .091
Brian Asselstine       2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Luis Gomez             5    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gene Krug              1    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Jerry Morales         13   42    2   16   0   1   0    2   0   1    2    2  .381
Steve Henderson       18   65    6   24   2   2   0   10   1   3    8   15  .369
Joe Strain             9   21    1    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .286
Mike Tyson            10   25    4    6   1   0   1    2   0   0    2    6  .240
Bill Buckner          18   73    7   17   6   0   2    7   0   0    1    1  .233
Leon Durham           16   56    6   12   0   4   1    5   1   2    3    8  .214
Steve Dillard          4    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .200
Ken Reitz             18   56    1   11   2   1   0    4   0   0    3   14  .196
Scott Fletcher         6   22    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .182
Jim Tracy             12   12    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .167
Hector Cruz            7   14    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   1    1    0  .143
Tim Blackwell         13   36    4    5   2   0   0    0   0   0    5   10  .139
Ivan DeJesus          18   66    6    9   1   0   0    1   6   3    8   10  .136
Scot Thompson         13   30    0    4   0   0   0    2   1   0    3    1  .133
Barry Foote            9   22    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    7  .000
Jody Davis             1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Sam Mejias            10    4    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Dave Collins          20   77   19   30   4   1   2    7   7   5   10    9  .390
Larry Biittner         7    6    1    2   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .333
Dave Concepcion       20   73   14   24   8   0   2   23   0   3   11    8  .329
George Foster         20   79    9   22   5   0   4   13   0   0    9   16  .279
Johnny Bench          10   26    3    7   2   0   1    4   0   0    6    9  .269
Ken Griffey           20   86   12   23   4   1   0    2   3   1    3   13  .267
Ray Knight            20   73    9   19   3   0   2    4   2   1    8    7  .260
Joe Nolan             11   23    2    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .217
Ron Oester            18   56    4   12   1   0   0    8   0   1    5   12  .214
Dan Driessen          20   66   10   13   5   0   3   12   0   1   15   13  .197
Junior Kennedy         6   12    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Mike Vail              6    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167
Harry Spilman          7    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .143
Mike O'Berry          11   22    0    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .136

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Kiko Garcia            5   14    1    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .429
Joe Pittman            3    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333
Cesar Cedeno          21   84    8   24   5   0   1    7   4   4    7    7  .286
Art Howe              21   74    7   21   5   0   2    3   0   1    8    7  .284
Denny Walling         15   32    6    9   1   0   3    5   1   1    9    1  .281
Craig Reynolds        19   76   10   21   2   0   3    6   2   0    1    7  .276
Mike Ivie              8   23    0    6   2   0   0    4   0   1    2    5  .261
Jose Cruz             21   82    7   19   5   0   4   12   0   3    5   13  .232
Danny Heep             4   14    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .214
Terry Puhl            21   72    4   13   5   1   1    3   2   0    3   11  .181
Alan Ashby            18   52    2    9   1   0   0    4   0   1    9    9  .173
Jeffrey Leonard        7   18    1    3   1   1   0    3   1   0    0    4  .167
Dave Bergman           6    6    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    0  .167
Luis Pujols            6   13    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .154
Rafael Landestoy      14   28    1    4   0   0   0    0   0   1    3    3  .143
Dave Roberts           8   14    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .143
Dickie Thon           14   33    2    4   1   0   0    0   3   0    6    5  .121
Gary Woods             8    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .111

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dusty Baker           20   81   10   28   2   3   1    5   3   2    6    8  .346
Mike Scioscia         17   50    8   16   1   0   1    4   0   1    7    6  .320
Ken Landreaux         20   82   12   24   5   0   4   14   4   1    8   12  .293
Ron Cey               21   75    8   21   5   0   1   11   0   1   12    9  .280
Pedro Guerrero        18   61    7   16   4   0   2    5   2   2    7   15  .262
Derrel Thomas          8   12    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Steve Yeager           8   18    1    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    2  .222
Steve Garvey          21   87   11   19   7   1   3   15   0   1    4   12  .218
Bill Russell          21   69    6   14   1   0   0    5   0   1    2    9  .203
Joe Ferguson           5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200
Reggie Smith           6    5    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .200
Rick Monday            7   17    1    3   0   1   1    2   0   0    2    5  .177
Jay Johnstone          7   13    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    2  .154
Davey Lopes           20   75    9   10   0   0   1    5   8   0    9   12  .133
Pepe Frias             2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tommy Hutton           5    4    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .500
Tim Raines            18   71   14   27   3   1   1    6  20   1   13    5  .380
Bobby Ramos            4   11    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .364
Andre Dawson          17   64   14   22   2   0   5    9   6   1    5    6  .344
Gary Carter           15   60   14   20   2   1   4   13   1   2    8    7  .333
Jerry White            7   16    1    5   1   0   1    5   0   0    1    0  .313
Warren Cromartie      15   52    8   15   2   1   2    9   0   0    5    4  .289
Larry Parrish         16   67    9   17   4   0   0    3   0   0    4   14  .254
Ellis Valentine       15   56    7   12   1   0   3   11   0   1    4   10  .214
Tim Wallach            8   19    2    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    5  .211
Chris Speier          18   62    8   13   5   1   0    3   1   0    7    4  .210
Jerry Manuel          11   24    5    5   3   0   1    5   0   0    4    5  .208
Rodney Scott          13   39    5    6   0   0   0    3   6   0    7    5  .154
Willie Montanez       10   14    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .143
Rowland Office         5   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ron Hodges             2    8    1    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    1  .500
Doug Flynn            17   57    7   21   7   2   0    7   0   0    3    4  .368
Rusty Staub           16   53    4   17   3   0   2    7   1   0    7    5  .321
Bob Bailor             4   10    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .300
Hubie Brooks          16   57    6   17   2   1   0    1   1   2    0   11  .298
Alex Trevino          16   57    6   15   0   0   0    3   1   0    5    6  .263
John Stearns           7   21    2    5   1   1   0    2   0   0    1    2  .238
Joel Youngblood       12   35    2    8   2   0   0    3   0   1    3    4  .229
Frank Taveras         15   62    6   14   1   0   0    0   3   0    1    9  .226
Dave Kingman          17   54    6   12   3   0   5   12   0   0   16   12  .222
Mike Cubbage          13    9    0    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    6  .222
Mookie Wilson         16   50    2   11   0   1   0    2   1   2    1    9  .220
Mike Jorgensen        13   16    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .188
Lee Mazzilli          14   49    3    8   3   1   1    4   2   1    8   12  .163
Wally Backman          9    8    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .125

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Del Unser             10    7    0    4   2   0   0    4   0   0    1    1  .571
Pete Rose             20   83   13   30   7   1   0    3   1   2    7    6  .361
Gary Matthews         17   57   10   19   4   1   1    9   2   0   10    7  .333
Bake McBride          13   48    8   16   9   0   0    7   0   0    5    7  .333
Mike Schmidt          17   60   15   17   4   1   6   15   2   0   13   10  .283
Garry Maddox          20   78    9   22   1   0   0   10   1   2    2    8  .282
Larry Bowa            20   75    6   21   2   0   0    9   3   3    2    1  .280
Manny Trillo          17   65   10   18   2   0   1    4   3   0    6    6  .277
Keith Moreland         9   24    2    6   1   0   2    8   0   1    2    4  .250
Greg Gross            17   23    2    5   1   1   0    2   1   1    4    1  .217
Bob Boone             19   62    7   13   2   0   1    6   1   0    6    7  .210
Luis Aguayo            7   12    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .167
Lonnie Smith          12   25    6    3   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    2  .120
Ramon Aviles           6    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Dick Davis             3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    2    0  .000
John Vukovich          3    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Phil Garner            4    2    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   1    0    0 1.000
Gary Alexander         4    8    2    4   1   1   1    4   0   0    1    2  .500
Lee Lacy              11   32    8   11   1   2   0    2   4   0    0    3  .344
John Milner           10   12    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Kurt Bevacqua          5    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0  .333
Bill Madlock          14   49    5   16   3   0   1    8   2   0    3    2  .327
Mike Easler           15   48    5   15   3   0   0   10   2   0    3    6  .313
Dale Berra            14   32    1    9   1   0   0    3   1   0    2    5  .281
Omar Moreno           16   66   11   16   1   2   0    3   7   1    6   10  .242
Dave Parker           14   54    4   13   1   1   2    9   1   0    0    6  .241
Tim Foli              16   56    7   13   3   0   0    6   1   0    3    6  .232
Jason Thompson        14   47    9    9   0   0   4    7   0   0    9    6  .192
Willie Stargell        6    6    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .167
Vance Law             15   44    1    7   0   1   0    3   1   1    1   12  .159
Steve Nicosia         15   46    7    6   1   0   0    0   1   0    5    5  .130
Bill Robinson          5    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .125
Tony Pena              5    9    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .111

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Broderick Perkins     14   27    3   11   3   0   0    4   0   1    2    3  .407
Jerry Turner          10   13    3    4   0   0   1    1   0   0    2    1  .308
Terry Kennedy         20   75    4   21   3   0   0    4   0   0    5   17  .280
Barry Evans           13   18    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .278
Luis Salazar          22   88    4   23   2   0   0    0   1   2    1   21  .261
Steve Swisher          4    8    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .250
Juan Bonilla          14   41    4   10   1   0   0    4   0   1    1    1  .244
Ozzie Smith           22   87    7   19   1   0   0    5   3   5    8    7  .218
Mike Phillips         13   28    1    6   0   1   0    0   1   0    0    3  .214
Craig Stimac           5    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200
Randy Bass            19   61    4   12   2   0   2    7   0   0    7   10  .197
Ruppert Jones         22   78    5   15   6   0   0    6   3   5   12   15  .192
Joe Lefebvre          20   56    3   10   2   0   3    5   1   1    8   11  .179
Gene Richards         22   87    8   15   1   2   0    7   7   1   13    9  .172
Dave Edwards          12   21    1    2   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    6  .095

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Larry Herndon         21   79    8   26   5   1   0    6   5   0    2   13  .329
Mike Ivie              7   17    1    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    0    1  .294
Enos Cabell           20   80    8   23   5   0   0   13   1   4    3    6  .288
Milt May              20   63    2   18   4   0   0    4   1   1    8    3  .286
Jim Wohlford           9   15    1    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    1  .267
Jerry Martin          11   33    2    8   0   0   0    3   1   0    1    8  .242
Johnnie Lemaster      22   64    7   15   1   0   0    5   2   2    5    9  .234
Billy North           18   60   12   14   4   0   0    3  11   3   14    8  .233
Darrell Evans         22   79   10   18   3   1   3    9   0   1   11   10  .228
Rennie Stennett       10   25    1    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    1    1  .200
Jack Clark            21   75    7   14   1   0   3   10   1   0   12    9  .187
Joe Morgan            19   66    7   12   3   0   2   10   3   0   12   12  .182
Dave Bergman           6   17    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    4  .177
Billy Smith            9   13    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .154
Chili Davis            7   14    1    2   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    2  .143
Mike Sadek             6   15    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .133

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Steve Braun            2    2    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
Tito Landrum           5    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500
Keith Hernandez       15   58   12   20   8   0   2   10   1   0    8    6  .345
Dane Iorg              4    9    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333
Ken Oberkfell         15   59   10   18   3   0   0    6   2   0    4    3  .305
Garry Templeton       15   66   13   20   5   4   0    5   2   4    5   15  .303
Sixto Lezcano         14   41    6   12   2   1   0    4   0   0   12    6  .293
Tony Scott            15   63    8   18   3   1   1    6   1   3    1    9  .286
Tom Herr              15   51    4   14   2   4   0   12   1   0    6    7  .275
George Hendrick       15   57   13   15   4   1   3   11   2   0    6    5  .263
Gene Tenace            5   14    4    3   1   0   1    6   0   0    4    2  .214
Darrell Porter        12   34    4    7   3   1   1    6   1   0   15    6  .206

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  L. Salazar (SDN)         88
  S. Garvey (LAN)          87
  G. Richards (SDN)        87
  O. Smith (SDN)           87
  K. Griffey (CIN)         86
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          84
  P. Rose (PHI)            83
  J. Cruz (HOU)            82
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       82
  D. Baker (LAN)           81

Runs Scored:

  D. Collins (CIN)         19
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         15
  G. Carter (MON)          14
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      14
  A. Dawson (MON)          14
  T. Raines (MON)          14
  G. Hendrick (SLN)        13
  P. Rose (PHI)            13
  G. Templeton (SLN)       13
  K. Griffey (CIN)         12

Hits:

  D. Collins (CIN)         30
  P. Rose (PHI)            30
  D. Baker (LAN)           28
  T. Raines (MON)          27
  L. Herndon (SFN)         26
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          24
  D. Concepcion (CIN)      24
  S. Henderson (CHN)       24
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       24
  E. Cabell (SFN)          23

Doubles:

  B. McBride (PHI)          9
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       8
  K. Hernandez (SLN)        8
  C. Chambliss (ATL)        7
  D. Flynn (NYN)            7
  S. Garvey (LAN)           7
  P. Rose (PHI)             7
  C. Washington (ATL)       7
  B. Buckner (CHN)          6
  R. Jones (SDN)            6

Triples:

  L. Durham (CHN)           4
  T. Herr (SLN)             4
  G. Templeton (SLN)        4
  D. Baker (LAN)            3
  D. Flynn (NYN)            2
  S. Henderson (CHN)        2
  L. Lacy (PIT)             2
  O. Moreno (PIT)           2
  G. Richards (SDN)         2
  G. Alexander (PIT)        1

Home Runs:

  M. Schmidt (PHI)          6
  A. Dawson (MON)           5
  D. Kingman (NYN)          5
  G. Carter (MON)           4
  J. Cruz (HOU)             4
  G. Foster (CIN)           4
  B. Horner (ATL)           4
  K. Landreaux (LAN)        4
  D. Murphy (ATL)           4
  J. Thompson (PIT)         4

RBI:

  D. Concepcion (CIN)      23
  S. Garvey (LAN)          15
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         15
  K. Landreaux (LAN)       14
  D. Murphy (ATL)          14
  E. Cabell (SFN)          13
  G. Carter (MON)          13
  G. Foster (CIN)          13
  J. Cruz (HOU)            12
  D. Driessen (CIN)        12

Stolen Bases:

  T. Raines (MON)          20
  B. North (SFN)           11
  E. Miller (ATL)           9
  D. Lopes (LAN)            8
  D. Collins (CIN)          7
  O. Moreno (PIT)           7
  G. Richards (SDN)         7
  A. Dawson (MON)           6
  I. DeJesus (CHN)          6
  R. Scott (MON)            6

Caught Stealing:

  D. Collins (CIN)          5
  R. Jones (SDN)            5
  O. Smith (SDN)            5
  E. Cabell (SFN)           4
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  G. Templeton (SLN)        4
  L. Bowa (PHI)             3
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       3
  J. Cruz (HOU)             3
  I. DeJesus (CHN)          3

Walks:

  D. Kingman (NYN)         16
  D. Driessen (CIN)        15
  D. Porter (SLN)          15
  C. Chambliss (ATL)       14
  B. North (SFN)           14
  T. Raines (MON)          13
  G. Richards (SDN)        13
  M. Schmidt (PHI)         13
  R. Cey (LAN)             12
  J. Clark (SFN)           12

Strikeouts:

  L. Salazar (SDN)         21
  T. Kennedy (SDN)         17
  G. Foster (CIN)          16
  D. Murphy (ATL)          16
  P. Guerrero (LAN)        15
  S. Henderson (CHN)       15
  R. Jones (SDN)           15
  G. Templeton (SLN)       15
  L. Parrish (MON)         14
  K. Reitz (CHN)           14

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